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... Ideas for a general method for describing mappings between
arbitrary identifiers and numbers. ...
... HOSTS.TXT which
is not available from the DNS. In designing a method to do this,
there were two major areas of concern:
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... A desire to create a method which would be sufficiently
general to set a good precedent for future mappings,
for example, between TCP ...
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We wish to avoid defining structures and methods which can work but
do not because of indifference or errors on the part of system
administrators when maintaining the database ...
... database. The WKS RR is an
example. Thus, while we favor distribution as a general method, we
also recognize that centrally maintained tables (such as HOSTS.TXT)
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... HOSTS.TXT)
are usually more consistent though less maintainable and timely.
Hence we recommend both specific methods for mapping network names,
addresses ...
... addresses, and subnets, as well as an instance of the general method
for mapping between allocated network numbers and network ...
... However, the present syntax has been used to define a flat name
space, and hence would prohibit the same distributed name allocation
method used for host names. There is some sentiment for allowing the
NIC ...
... domain
name captured the old-style network name, any such approach would add
complexity to the method and create different rules for network names
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... tree that correspond to host-zero IP
addresses. The same method is used for subnets in a nested
fashion. For example, 0.0.0.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA ...
... simple extension of the IP address to network name method.
When the network entry is located, do a lookup ...
... domain", so it is useful to define what is meant herein by YP. The
general problem to be solved is to create a method for creating
mappings from one kind of identifier to another, often with an
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... mappings from one kind of identifier to another, often with an
inverse capability. The traditional methods are to search or use a
precomputed index of some kind.
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